An Epidemiological Study of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Rate and Diagnosis
Five thousand, seven hundred and twenty-nine consecutive admissions to the three general hospitals and the mental hospital in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, were examined retrospectively for the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The proportion of patients admitted who received ECT (rat...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/070674378603100906 2024-10-06T13:50:47+00:00 An Epidemiological Study of Electroconvulsive Therapy: Rate and Diagnosis Malla, Ashok 1986 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/070674378603100906 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/070674378603100906 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry volume 31, issue 9, page 824-830 ISSN 0706-7437 1497-0015 journal-article 1986 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/070674378603100906 2024-09-10T04:26:09Z Five thousand, seven hundred and twenty-nine consecutive admissions to the three general hospitals and the mental hospital in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, were examined retrospectively for the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The proportion of patients admitted who received ECT (rate), and the number of treatments per admission were recorded. Rate of ECT, expressed as percentage of patients admitted, was assessed for all hospitals separately and compared on legal status and diagnosis. One thousand, two hundred and thirty-six (21.5%) patients admitted, received ECT with little variation over a three year period. The rate was higher for the general hospitals and for voluntary patients. ECT was used in a very high proportion of patients with diagnoses of depression (50%), mania (20%), schizophrenia (36%), and neurotic disorders (20%). These findings are discussed in the context of the overall trend of a low utilization of ECT elsewhere, and the previous research evidence of limited indications for ECT. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland SAGE Publications Canada The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 31 9 824 830 |
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Five thousand, seven hundred and twenty-nine consecutive admissions to the three general hospitals and the mental hospital in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, were examined retrospectively for the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). The proportion of patients admitted who received ECT (rate), and the number of treatments per admission were recorded. Rate of ECT, expressed as percentage of patients admitted, was assessed for all hospitals separately and compared on legal status and diagnosis. One thousand, two hundred and thirty-six (21.5%) patients admitted, received ECT with little variation over a three year period. The rate was higher for the general hospitals and for voluntary patients. ECT was used in a very high proportion of patients with diagnoses of depression (50%), mania (20%), schizophrenia (36%), and neurotic disorders (20%). These findings are discussed in the context of the overall trend of a low utilization of ECT elsewhere, and the previous research evidence of limited indications for ECT. |
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